1927 Chicago Cubs season
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Owner(s) | William Wrigley, Jr. |
Manager(s) | Joe McCarthy |
Local television | none |
Local radio | WMAQ (Hal Totten) WGN (Quin Ryan) |
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The 1927 Chicago Cubs season was the 56th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 52nd in the National League and the 12th at Wrigley Field (the first in which the park was officially named Wrigley Field). The Cubs finished fourth in the National League with a record of 85–68.
Regular season[]
- May 30, 1927: Jimmy Cooney of the Cubs executed an unassisted triple play. He caught a line drive, touched second base and tagged the runner coming from first base.[1]
Season standings[]
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Pittsburgh Pirates | 94 | 60 | 0.610 | — | 48–31 | 46–29 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 92 | 61 | 0.601 | 1½ | 55–25 | 37–36 |
New York Giants | 92 | 62 | 0.597 | 2 | 49–25 | 43–37 |
Chicago Cubs | 85 | 68 | 0.556 | 8½ | 50–28 | 35–40 |
Cincinnati Reds | 75 | 78 | 0.490 | 18½ | 45–35 | 30–43 |
Brooklyn Robins | 65 | 88 | 0.425 | 28½ | 34–39 | 31–49 |
Boston Braves | 60 | 94 | 0.390 | 34 | 32–41 | 28–53 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 51 | 103 | 0.331 | 43 | 34–43 | 17–60 |
Record vs. opponents[]
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 12–10 | 7–15 | 4–18 | 7–15 | 14–8 | 9–13–1 | 7–15 | |||||
Brooklyn | 10–12 | — | 7–15 | 11–10 | 10–12–1 | 11–11 | 8–14 | 8–14 | |||||
Chicago | 15–7 | 15–7 | — | 14–8 | 10–12 | 13–9 | 9–13 | 9–12 | |||||
Cincinnati | 18–4 | 10–11 | 8–14 | — | 7–15 | 16–6 | 8–14 | 8–14 | |||||
New York | 15–7 | 12–10–1 | 12–10 | 15–7 | — | 15–7 | 11–11 | 12–10 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8–14 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 6–16 | 7–15 | — | 7–15–1 | 3–19 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 13–9–1 | 14–8 | 13–9 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 15–7–1 | — | 14–8 | |||||
St. Louis | 15–7 | 14–8 | 12–9 | 14–8 | 10–12 | 19–3 | 8–14 | — |
Roster[]
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Player stats[]
Batting[]
Starters by position[]
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Gabby Hartnett | 127 | 449 | 132 | .294 | 10 | 80 |
1B | Charlie Grimm | 147 | 543 | 169 | .311 | 2 | 74 |
2B | Clyde Beck | 117 | 391 | 101 | .258 | 2 | 44 |
SS | Woody English | 87 | 334 | 97 | .290 | 1 | 28 |
3B | Sparky Adams | 146 | 647 | 189 | .292 | 0 | 49 |
OF | Riggs Stephenson | 152 | 579 | 199 | .344 | 7 | 82 |
OF | Hack Wilson | 146 | 551 | 175 | .318 | 30 | 129 |
OF | Earl Webb | 102 | 332 | 100 | .301 | 14 | 52 |
Other batters[]
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Cliff Heathcote | 83 | 228 | 67 | .294 | 2 | 25 |
Eddie Pick | 54 | 181 | 31 | .171 | 2 | 15 |
Pete Scott | 71 | 156 | 49 | .314 | 0 | 21 |
Jimmy Cooney | 33 | 132 | 32 | .242 | 0 | 6 |
Mike González | 39 | 108 | 26 | .241 | 1 | 15 |
Howard Freigau | 30 | 86 | 20 | .233 | 0 | 10 |
Chick Tolson | 39 | 54 | 16 | .296 | 2 | 17 |
Elmer Yoter | 13 | 27 | 6 | .222 | 0 | 5 |
Harry Wilke | 3 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Fred Haney | 4 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Tommy Sewell | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
John Churry | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching[]
Starting pitchers[]
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Charlie Root | 48 | 309 | 26 | 15 | 3.76 | 145 |
Sheriff Blake | 32 | 224 | 13 | 14 | 3.29 | 64 |
Hal Carlson | 27 | 184.1 | 12 | 8 | 3.17 | 27 |
Other pitchers[]
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Guy Bush | 36 | 193.1 | 10 | 10 | 3.03 | 62 |
Jim Brillheart | 32 | 128.2 | 4 | 2 | 4.13 | 36 |
Percy Jones | 30 | 112.2 | 7 | 8 | 4.07 | 37 |
Bob Osborn | 24 | 107.2 | 5 | 5 | 4.18 | 45 |
Tony Kaufmann | 9 | 53.1 | 3 | 3 | 6.41 | 21 |
Art Nehf | 8 | 26.1 | 1 | 1 | 1.37 | 12 |
Lefty Weinert | 5 | 19.2 | 1 | 1 | 4.58 | 5 |
Relief pitchers[]
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Luther Roy | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.29 | 5 |
Hank Grampp | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 3 |
Wayland Dean | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |
Johnny Welch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |
Farm system[]
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AA | Reading Keystones | International League | Fred Merkle, Fritz Maisel and Harry Hinchman |
AA | Los Angeles Angels | Pacific Coast League | Marty Krug |
References[]
External links[]
- Chicago Cubs seasons
- 1927 Major League Baseball season
- 1927 in sports in Illinois
- Chicago Cubs season stubs